The Nadroga pack led by Rupeni Nasiga and well supported by Manoa Tamaya, Epeli Natuikata, Ulaiasi Lawavou and Nemani Nagusa often broke Suva's first line of defence during attack and were ruthless in every tackle they made.

In the second spell veteran Setefano Somoca, Jerry Naureure and Peni Ravai entered the field and they made their presence felt when they led a forward surge inside Suva's 22 metre line.

This resulted in Somoca dotting down his team's third try to extend the Stallions lead to 21-3

The Suva forwards were pushed backwards in the scrums in the second half and were no match to the superior opposition pack

Suva managed to increase its scores to 21-6 after being awarded another penalty

Waqatabu scored Nadroga's fourth try after a one on one situation with his opposite number and he increased his team's point with a penalty after Suva was caught offside to take the final scores to 31-6.

Suva manager Tiko Vakatale was gracious in defeat.

"Nadroga had the combination and they played well.

"In the second half we thought Suva would lift their performance but Nadroga's impact players took their team to another height," said Vakatale.

Nadroga manager Iliavi Kato said the team was prepared to play in any kind of weather.

"Despite the win, we still committed mistakes and we will try and rectify our mistakes before we play Tailevu next week," said Kato.

Nadroga is the defending champion of the Skipper Cup (formerly the Digicel Cup).